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02 April, 2006

Over 60 tornadoes breakout, hardest hit is Tennessee with 29 people killed.

02 April, 2005

James Stewart Jr. becomes first African American to win a major motorsports event.

02 April, 2004

Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt a thwarted bombing of the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid.

02 April, 2002

Israeli forces surrounded the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians retreated. A siege ensues.

02 April, 1992

In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.

02 April, 1991

First female Premier of a Canadian province takes office. Rita Johnston succeeds William Vander Zalm, who resigned, as Premier of British Columbia.

02 April, 1989

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.

02 April, 1984

Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space.

02 April, 1982

Falklands War: 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina.

02 April, 1980

U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.

02 April, 1975

Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from the Quang Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.

02 April, 1975

CN Tower completed in Toronto Ontario Canada: reaches 553.33 metres in height, becoming the worlds tallest free-standing structure.

02 April, 1973

Launch of LexisNexis computerized legal research service.

02 April, 1972

Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist in the early 1950s during the Red Scare.

02 April, 1972

Vietnam War: Easter Offensive begins - North Vietnamese soldiers of the 304th Division take the northern half of Quang Tri Province.

02 April, 1962

The first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.

02 April, 1945

The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil were established.

02 April, 1930

Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.

02 April, 1917

World War I: The Battle of Vimy Ridge commences when the Canada Corps launches an artillery bombardment of the German trenches. To that time, the biggest artillery bombardment in history.

02 April, 1917

World War I: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.

02 April, 1917

The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin, takes her seat as a representative from Montana.

02 April, 1902

Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated by a terrorist in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.

02 April, 1902

"Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.

02 April, 1900

The Foraker Act passes through Congress, giving Puerto Ricans limited self-rule.

02 April, 1865

American Civil War: Siege of Petersburg broken - Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.

02 April, 1865

American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.

02 April, 1863

Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia and demand the Confederate government to release emergency supplies.

02 April, 1810

Napoleon Bonaparte marries Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.

02 April, 1804

Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.

02 April, 1801

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen - The British destroy the Danish fleet.

02 April, 1792

The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.

02 April, 1755

Commodore William James captures pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.

02 April, 1513

Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on Florida becoming the first known European to do so.

02 April, 1453

Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which would fall on May 29.

02 April, 68

Galba, governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Roman emperors begun with Julius Caesar and Augustus.

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